Psalms 18:50

18:50 He ¹  gives his chosen king magnificent victories; ² 

he is faithful ³  to his chosen ruler, ⁴ 

to David and his descendants ⁵  forever.” ⁶ 

Psalms 61:7

61:7 May he reign ⁷  forever before God!

Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him. ⁸ 

Psalms 62:12

62:12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. ⁹ 

For you repay men for what they do. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 86:5

86:5 Certainly ¹¹  O Lord, you are kind ¹²  and forgiving,

and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

Psalms 86:15

86:15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God.

You are patient ¹³  and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness. ¹⁴ 

Psalms 89:2

89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; ¹⁵ 

in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ¹⁶ 

Psalms 89:14

89:14 Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. ¹⁷ 

Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 109:12

109:12 May no one show him kindness! ¹⁹ 

May no one have compassion ²⁰  on his fatherless children!

[18:50]  ¹ tn Or “the one who.”

[18:50]  ² tn Heb “magnifies the victories of his king.” “His king” refers to the psalmist, the Davidic king whom God has chosen to rule Israel.

[18:50]  ³ tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty.”

[18:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “his anointed [one],” i.e., the psalmist/Davidic king. See Ps 2:2.

[18:50]  ⁵ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[18:50]  ⁶ sn If David is the author of the psalm (see the superscription), then he here anticipates that God will continue to demonstrate loyalty to his descendants who succeed him. If the author is a later Davidic king, then he views the divine favor he has experienced as the outworking of God’s faithful promises to David his ancestor.

[61:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “sit [enthroned].” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive here, expressing the psalmist’s prayer.

[61:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “loyal love and faithfulness appoint, let them protect him.”

[62:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “and to you, O Master, [is] loyal love.”

[62:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for you pay back to a man according to his deed.” Another option is to understand vv. 11b and 12a as the first principle and v. 12b as the second. In this case one might translate, “God has declared one principle, two principles I have heard, namely, that God is strong, and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love, and that you repay men for what they do.”

[86:5]  ¹⁹ tn Or “for.”

[86:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “good.”

[86:15]  ²⁵ tn Heb “slow to anger.”

[86:15]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and great of loyal love and faithfulness.”

[89:2]  ³¹ tn Heb “built.”

[89:2]  ³² sn You set up your faithfulness. This may allude to the Lord’s heavenly throne, which symbolizes his just rule and from which the Lord decrees his unconditional promises (see vv. 8, 14).

[89:14]  ³⁷ sn The Lord’s throne symbolizes his kingship.

[89:14]  ³⁸ tn Heb “are in front of your face.” The idiom can mean “confront” (Ps 17:13) or “meet, enter the presence of” (Ps 95:2).

[109:12]  ⁴³ tn Heb “may there not be for him one who extends loyal love.”

[109:12]  ⁴⁴ tn Perhaps this refers to being generous (see Ps 37:21).